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[Nachlese]

two milliweeks was one of the obviously wrong guesses

[soundofthunder]

@Nachlese

Would you (or anyone else) care to tell me, what 2mw as an indication of time means?
I have never seen this before.

Chatroom speak of some kind, I imagine; the type that moderators frequently remind users not to use; I understand it is also mentioned in the forum rules.

So, I understand your confusion (2mw would mean nothing to me either), however the OP doesn’t seem overly keen to accept responsibility for any confusion they may have helped contribute to.

Just smile and nod.

[zxuiji]

lol XD

@soundofthunder

OP doesn’t seem overly keen to accept responsibility for any confusion they may have helped contribute to.

I didn’t expect there to be confusion in the 1st place. There’s only so many common time nouns and given the context and the combination of characters I thought it wouldn’t take more than a minute or 2 to work out in the 1st place. But yes, that was my bad for expecting that.

[soundofthunder]

@zxuiji

There’s only so many common time nouns and given the context and the combination of characters I thought it wouldn’t take more than a minute or 2 to work out in the 1st place. But yes, that was my bad for expecting that.

Let me ask you;
is English your first language? Are you fluent in English?

I’m not asking for the sake of being snarky, but to point out that not everyone frequenting this forum (and others) has the benefit of knowing your custom abbreviations, and how they might translate to their own languages.

It might surprise you to learn that possibly only one participant in this thread is a native English speaker.

Please, have some consideration (if only for this point alone) when choosing the terms you use. It can save a lot of potential embarrassment from all perspectives.

Cheers.

[zxuiji]

@soundofthunder

It might surprise you to learn that possibly only one participant in this thread is a native English speaker.

You’re right, that does surprise me. With how fluent everyone has shown themselves to be it didn’t even occur to me that there might be non-native speakers among them. Point taken, the question remains of whether I’ll remember that on the next thread I post which could be months, even a year or 2 from now.

[Nachlese]

@soundofthunder

It might surprise you to learn that possibly only one participant in this thread is a native English speaker.

Full disclosure:
I’m not one of them.

… when I speak the word (tomorrow) - there is no w at the end,
lowering my chances to get the meaning

[zxuiji]

Now that I think about it I don’t hear myself pronouncing the w either. Still, considering the spelling of tomorrow I would think as far as text slang goes 2mw is the only combo that makes sense. Would love to see what other combos people would think of for it.

[soundofthunder]

@zxuiji

With how fluent everyone has shown themselves to be it didn’t even occur to me that there might be non-native speakers among them.

An interesting rule-of-thumb is that if one’s words don’t survive the translator test – translated to (any) other language, and then back to English – then you’re not being understood.

Of course, I’m not suggesting to routinely run everything you write through this process, nonetheless, it’s a very practical indicator that one’s communication habits need to change.

@zxuiji

Point taken, the question remains of whether I’ll remember that on the next thread I post which could be months, even a year or 2 from now.

Well, that’s something we can’t help you with.

Cheers.

[ydar]

There are a couple of dozen non-standard abbreviations for tomorrow. I think a simple rule to follow when communicating with strangers is if there is no standard abbreviation then you should not use it.

[dmt]

@zxuiji

Still, considering the spelling of tomorrow I would think as far as text slang goes 2mw is the only combo that makes sense.

I can’t remember seeing this before. I got it from context, but it did take a couple of seconds (I’m getting slow).

@zxuiji

Would love to see what other combos people would think of for it.

I’ve seen and used 2moz (or tomoz) in txts to people I know would understand it (it’s also a spoken abbreviation round these parts).

[soundofthunder]

@ydar

if there is no standard abbreviation then you should not use it.

@dmt

in txts to people I know would understand it

I think that’s the point, isn’t it…

Abbreviations may be acceptable when sending text messages to those you’re familiar with, and whom you know will understand the intended meaning; but not so in a support environment that aims to maintain a professional outlook.

There are/must be abbreviations that can mean different things to different people, and be total nonsense to others.

One that immediately comes to mind is TLI – which might mean Trans-Lunar Injection or Totally Lost It, among other possibilities.

I automatically think to myself “What would Bill write?”

2mw… and tomoz, and 2moz… or…

Tomorrow… and tomorrow, and tomorow… creeps in this petty pace from day to day, 'til the last syllable or recorded time…

[dmt]

@soundofthunder

I think that’s the point, isn’t it…

Abbreviations may be acceptable when sending text messages to those you’re familiar with, and whom you know will understand the intended meaning; but not so in a support environment that aims to maintain a professional outlook.

Indeed.

[zxuiji]

For anyone also interested in blocking rando RCE “printer” scripts at the cost of auto-connecting wifi printers, I’ve learned of this one via a Brodie vid:

https://man.archlinux.org/man/cups-browsed.conf.5.en

For now I’m trying

BrowseDeny  All
BrowseAllow 127.0.0.1
BrowseOrder Deny,Allow